Four killed in Rangpur, Ctg crashes

News Desk
At four people were killed 15 others injured in
separate road accidents in Rangpur and Chattogram
districts on Friday.
In Rangpur, two pedestrians, including a woman, were
killed and 10 passengers of two buses injured in a
road accident at Central Bus Terminal point on the
Rangpur-Dhaka highway in the city, police said.
"The accident occurred when a Rangpur-bound passenger
bus from Gaibandha hit two pedestrians after its
driver lost control over the steering and
subsequently hit another passenger bus there at 12:30
this noon," said Additional Superintend of Police
(Circle A) Saifur Rahman Saif.
The two pedestrians were killed on the spot and 10
passengers of the ill-fated buses injured in the
accident when one of the buses was damaged badly
damaged while another partially.
"The deceased pedestrians were identified as Hasina
begum, 55, wife of Golam Mostafa of village Afzalpur
under Mithapukur upazila and Dulal Chandra, 45, son
of Jugesh Chandra of Barobari Hindu Para in the city
of Rangpur district," the ASP said.
Police and Fire Service and Civil Defense personnel
rushed to the spot, salvaged both buses, rescued
injured persons and sent them to Rangpur Medical
College Hospital (RMCH).
Police seized both the ill-fated buses though the
drivers and helpers managed to escape from the scene.
Additional Superintend of Police (Administration and
Crime) Abu Maruf Hossain with other police officials
visited the spot.
In Chattogram, two persons were killed and five
others injured as a microbus collided head-on with a
CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Buripukur area on
Chittagong-Khagrachhari Road under Hathazari upazila
of the district in the early hours of today.
The deceased CNG-run auto-rickshaw passengers were
identified as Nurul Huda, 45, and his brother-in-law
Abu Toib, 15.
Belal Uddin Jahangir, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of
Hathazari thana said, the accident occurred when a
Chattogram-bound microbus collided head-on with a
CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Buri Pukur area of Hathazari
around 12.45 am, leaving the duo dead on the spot and
injured five seriously.
The bodies of the deceased were sent to Chattogram
Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. (Inputs
taken from BSS)